[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?
From:       Sailesh Krishnamurthy <sailesh () cs ! berkeley ! edu>
Date:       2003-04-24 22:46:44
[Download RAW message or body]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

    Tom> Of course, IBM can afford to keep reps on the SQL standards
    Tom> committee to make sure that no future spec extension
    Tom> conflicts with the names they've used for their additions to
    Tom> INFORMATION_SCHEMA.  We, on the other hand, could easily get
    Tom> burnt by spec changes.

Right it's pretty unfair. I'm not beating any drums here. It's more
than just making sure that no extensions conflict with what they've
used. It's also about makign their extensions the default. 

One thing that they _do_ try though is to use very ibm-centric when
possible.

-- 
Pip-pip
Sailesh
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sailesh


---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives?

http://archives.postgresql.org
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]